2011

Some stakeholders in the agricultural sector in the Upper West Region has expressed disappointment about the frequent changes in the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes in agriculture. They advised government to come…

Mr. Cezar Kale, the Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, has said a land dispute between the Sissala and Dagaaba in the Sissala West District is the greatest security threat to the people of the region. He described the situation as being…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for peace as political parties strive for power in elections in 2012. “I pray that despite the keen competition that may ensue from the politicking, there will be no violence or civil…

The Akuapem North District recorded 6,730 teenage pregnancy cases from 2009 to November 2011. The District Director of Health Services, Dr Opare Larbi, who disclosed this at a meeting of the assembly at Akropong on Thursday, described the…

There are mixed reactions to increases in fuel prices and transport fares announced by the National Petroleum Authority and the Ministry of Transport in Accra on Wednesday. While the Trade Union Congress and  some commercial transport…

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have released the first draft of a guidance document that aims to help policymakers and government authorities tackle the thorny issue of child…

A driver has diverted more than 600 bags of cocoa, worth GH¢120,000, which were in transit to a warehouse at the Commodity Village at Apowa for onward shipment abroad. The cocoa was being hauled from Enchi in the Aowin-Suaman District in…

The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), is to benefit from an $18 million facility from the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom (UK) to start a Millennium Villages Project (MVP), in 2012.…

In a few days time the new year 2012 will be here and the much-awaited 28th edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations will take center stage during the month of January leading up to the 12th of February when new African champions will…

Jarreth Merz, director and producer of the “An African Election” – a documentary about Ghana’s 2008 elections, says the film will be premiered in Ghana from March 2012 for free. After the premiere, there will be a road-show known as the…